Tv `Addams Family` Still A Scream On Tape

The Thanksgiving get-together can be fraught with anxiety, but we know of a way to make even your weirdest relatives seem almost normal: Just invite Fester to the feast!

To complement the holiday theatrical release of Paramount Pictures` ``The Addams Family,`` Worldvision Home Video has introduced six tapes of the original ``Addams Family`` TV show; each cassette features two full-length episodes and sells for $9.95.

The ghoulish gang, which debuted on ABC-TV in 1964, includes Carolyn Jones and John Astin as loving spouses Morticia and Gomez; Ken Weatherwax and Lisa Loring as their precious offspring, Pugsley and Wednesday; Ted Cassidy as their faithful servant, Lurch; Jackie Coogan as obnoxious Uncle Fester; and Felix Silla as our personal choice for winner of the Slash look-alike contest, Cousin Itt.

And for the inside dirt on the world`s ultimate fairy-tale family, check out MPI Home Video`s ``The Royal Windsor Style`` and ``Charles and Diana: For Better or Worse`` ($19.98 each), available Wednesday.

The ``Windsor`` program, a presentation of ABC News, focuses on several generations of Queen Elizabeth II`s family tree and speculates on what it`s really like to wear the British crown. The ``Charles and Diana`` program, produced by the BBC, examines the glamorous couple`s rocky 10-year marriage.

New movies

A madcap spoof of soap operas, ``Soapdish`` debuts on video Wednesday

(from Paramount Home Video, rated PG-13, priced for rental, closed-captioned). Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Cathy Moriarty and Elisabeth Shue play characters on the scandal-ridden set of a daytime TV series called ``The Sun Also Sets.`` Robert Downey Jr., Whoopi Goldberg and Carrie Fisher co-star as the soap`s sleazy producer, its head writer and its oversexed casting director. Star rating: (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) (Dave Kehr), (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)

The bittersweet comedy ``Only the Lonely`` features John Candy and Ally Sheedy as a couple of shy misfits who miraculously find each other and fall in love, in spite of interference from his domineering mother (Maureen O`Hara). Star rating: (STAR)(STAR) 1/2 (Siskel)

``Truth or Die`` stars Tony Danza as a convicted cop killer who earns a law degree while serving his sentence in a maximum-security prison. It is based on the book ``Doing Life`` by Jerry Rosenberg, known as ``America`s greatest jailhouse lawyer.``

The action-thriller ``Toy Soldiers`` (Columbia TriStar Home Video, R, priced for rental, closed-captioned) premieres Tuesday. Sean Astin plays the leader of a small clique of problem students at a highly exclusive prep school, while Louis Gossett Jr. is the no-nonsense dean who tries to keep them in line. Bigger problems ensue when commandos storm the school, threatening to kill one student per day until a South American drug lord is released from jail. Star rating: (STAR)(STAR) (Kehr), (STAR) (Siskel)

Your mail

Q-I`m unable to find Rainer Werner Fassbinder`s film ``Veronika Voss.`` I saw it twice at the Fine Arts Theatre and would really like to add it to my library.

A-``Veronika Voss`` (1982), about an aging film star living in seclusion, was recently released as part of MGM/UA Home Video`s

``International Directors` Collection.`` It`s priced at $19.99; ask any video dealer to order it for you.

Q-I`d like to find a source for ballet videos, specifically ``Swan Lake`` and ``Sleeping Beauty.`` I would appreciate any help you can offer!